Party Monster A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

Murder Was Never So Much Fun!When Disco Bloodbath was first published, it created a storm of controversy for its startlingly vivid, strikingly fresh, and outrageously funny depiction of the hedonistic world of the New York City club kids, for whom nothing was too outre -- including murder. Nominated for the Edgar Award for best true-crime book of the year, it also marked the debut of an audaciously talented writer, James St. James, who himself had been a club kid and close friend and confidant of Michael Alig, the young man convicted of killing the drug dealer known as Angel.Now the book has been brought to the screen asParty Monster,with Macaulay Culkin playing killer Michael Alig and Seth Green as author/celebutante James St. James.

James St. James, who was once dubbed a "celebutante" by Newsweek magazine, now leads a quiet, sedate existence in Los Angeles, far from the madness that he writes about. This is his first book.